Quote #42

The most perfect mind is a dry light.

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  1. The most beautiful ape is ugly when compared to a human. The wisest human will seem like an ape when compared to a god with respect to wisd…
  2. The phases of fire are craving and satiety.
  3. The Lord whose oracle is at Delphi neither reveals nor conceals, but gives a sign.
  4. The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day.…
  5. The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.
  6. The sun is new each day.
  7. The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
  8. The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.

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